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Sixers sign Pierre Jackson to one-year deal

The 76ers signed former NBA Development League all-star Pierre Jackson to a partially guaranteed one-year contract Thursday, a team source confirmed, even though the guard is likely to miss the season after tearing his right Achilles tendon during an Orlando Pro Summer League game on July 5.

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Sixers sign Pierre Jackson to one-year deal

Jason Wolf, The News Journal
8:58 p.m. EDT July 24, 2014

The 76ers signed former NBA Development League all-star Pierre Jackson to a partially guaranteed one-year contract Thursday, a team source confirmed, even though the guard is likely to miss the season after tearing his right Achilles tendon during an Orlando Pro Summer League game on July 5.(Photo: Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)

PHILADELPHIA – The 76ers signed former NBA Development League all-star Pierre Jackson to a partially guaranteed one-year contract Thursday, a team source confirmed, even though the guard is likely to miss the season after tearing his right Achilles tendon during an Orlando Pro Summer League game on July 5. There is no team option for a second season.

"Official. Lost for words!" Jackson wrote on Instagram. "Can't even begin to describe the feeling I have right now just knowing that I'm actually wanted to be apart of something that can be so special in the near future!! Out of my many reasons to get back right and back to killing on the court this just added another HUGE reason! All I got are tears of joy smh!"

Jackson, 22, scored 58 points in a D-League game last season, when he averaged 29.1 points, 6.2 assists, 3.6 rebounds and 1.9 steals while playing 41.5 minutes in 31 games with the Idaho Stampede.

The Sixers originally selected the 5-foot-10, 180-pound Jackson out of Baylor with the 42nd pick in the 2013 NBA draft and dealt him to the New Orleans Pelicans that night as part of the Jrue Holiday-Nerlens Noel deal. The Pelicans traded Jackson back to the Sixers during last month's draft in exchange for Louisville point guard Russ Smith, who was taken with the 47th pick.

Jackson was carried off the court by 76ers teammates with a towel draped over his face after recording seven points on 3 for 5 shooting, including a 3-pointer, and a steal in seven minutes in the first half of the Sixers' summer league opener against the Magic.

His post Thursday included a number of hashtags, including: "#ilovesamhinkieandbrettbrown".